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Reply to "Offers Contingent on Better SAT/ACT Score?"

edcoach posted:

thanks Joes87...the Ivies love his high school...I knew their admission process was rigorous just didnt know if there was a certain ACT # (minimum) required before they'd even look or consider a candidate.

It depends. The coaches have to hit a target for each recruiting class as a whole, so more academic recruits can balance out lower ones (though there is a floor). The net result is that each recruit may be -- and probably is -- given a different target. I have heard from parents that their particular kid was told he needed to get a 30 at one school. I know a kid who was told at the same school that he needed "a 28, but we might be able to get by with a 27." And a kid who was told at a different school that he needed a 26 or higher.

For Harvard-Princeton-Yale, the realistic floor might be 30. For the other 5, probably not too many below 28. But it depends on a lot of factors, (e.g., the coaches' view of his baseball ability, the academic ability of the other recruits that year, etc.).

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